news last night.
-----Original Message-----
From: Candace Cottrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 3:27 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: don't know how true this is ...but...
In fairness, it actually was a story reported on Dallas/Ft. Worth's Channel
5 news. Just because it's on snopes doesn't mean it's an urban legend. Some
of the things on there thye have found to be either true or *undetermined*
or *not quite* or *incomplete*.
>From snopes:
Claim: Dollar stores sell expired and foreign, non-ADA-approved
formulations of toothpaste.
Status: Incomplete.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]
Subject: Dollar Store Toothpaste(s)
I don't know if any of you watched Channel 5 News last night, but they did
an investigation on dollar stores (including Dollar Tree, Greenbacks & 99
Cents). They discovered the Crest, Colgate and other brand name toothpastes
weren't the same as from Wal-mart, grocery stores etc. The toothpastes were
manufactured in many other countries and are not approved by the American
Dental Association (ADA). There was even some from South Africa and the
fluoride is ten times stronger than what we're allowed in the U.S.
(prescription strength). They're allowed stronger because they don't have
fluoridated water (like we do). So if we (or our kids) use it often and
occasionally swallow it, we could be poisoning ourselves. The dollar stores
declined to comment and a full investigation has begun. So stick to paying
full-price at the grocery store and send this e-mail to anyone who shops at
dollar stores.
Origins: An NBC-affiliated television station in Dallas (KXAS) did air the
report summarized above - about finding expired and non-approved foreign
formulations of toothpaste for sale in discount stores - on 11 May 2004. We
have not yet had a chance to look into the specifics of this report.
Last updated: 21 May 2004
Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer
The Children's Medical Center
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Dayton, OH 45404
937-641-4293
http://www.childrensdayton.org
"There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is inexpensive
and delivered on time."
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/10/2004 9:05:13 AM >>>
that's just the point. Too many people do that, then you have an urban
legend, which snopes makes it its mission to debunk
>I just cut and pasted it as it was sent to me.
>
>????
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 5:56 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: don't know how true this is ...but...
>
>
>the funniest thing about the e-mail is the "I don't know if any of you
>watched Channel 5 News last night"...
>
>My channel 5 is CBS. Back in Jersey it's FOX. Nobody receiving this
>thought to question the lack of a concrete source of this 'investigation'?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:38 PM
>Subject: Re: don't know how true this is ...but...
>
>approved
>> >by
>> >the American Dental Association (ADA). There was even some from South
>Africa
>> >and
>> >the fluoride is ten times stronger than what we're allowed in the U.S.
>> >(prescription strength).
>> >They're allowed stronger because they don't have fluoridated water (like
>we
>> >do).
>> >So if we (or our kids) use it often and occasionally swallow it, we
could
>be
>> >poisoning ourselves. The dollar stores declined to comment and a full
>> >investigation has begun. So stick to paying full-price at the grocery
>store
> _____
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